“He is extremely serious about his sobriety and did not want to be dating anyone who could jeopardize that,” an insider told RadarOnline.com.

“He still really cares about her but can’t risk relapsing back into his old ways, so he had to cut her loose. He has hooked her up with some women that he knows to help her try and get back on a stable footing again, and she has been attending meetings.”

Meanwhile, Elisabetta’s other exGeorge Clooney, was also basking on the beach — in Malibu, filming a new Italian TV commercial.